Jun 7
Diana at the Bath
Artist: James Ward (English, 1769–1859)
Date: 1830
Medium: Oil on panel
Collection: Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Description
Diana, chaste goddess of the moon and the hunt, is shown splashing water at the trespasser and voyeur Actaeon, a mortal who spied upon her and her nymphs bathing in her sacred grove. The offended goddess transformed Actaeon (who is not represented here) into a stag and he was subsequently torn to pieces by his own hunting dogs.
